Green Bamboo Gang
Cultivation Begins with Adding Points to Fate
- Original Name:
- 青竹帮 (qīng zhú bāng)
- Gender:
- Neutral
- Kind:
- Organization
- Scope:
- Novel-specific
- Status:
- Active
- Source:
- AI
- Occurrences:
- 149
- Chapters:
- 31
- Context Up To:
- Ch. 50
- Wiki Model:
- GPT-6.1 Terra
- Updated:
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Green Bamboo Gang (青竹帮) |
| Location | Shahu County; headquarters in the county town 13 17 |
| Affiliation | Backed by County Commandant Li Ziren 17 |
| Occupation/Role | Gang involved in gambling, high-interest lending, brothels, and mining 17 18 26 |
| Status | Severely weakened after an attack on its headquarters; later operating under a surviving hall master 27 48 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 5 |
Organization and members
The gang was controlled by brothers Wang Hu and Wang Bao. Below its hall masters were minor leaders and ordinary members 13 21 26.
| Member | Position and details |
|---|---|
| Wang Hu | Gang leader; practiced the Ox-Cleaving Saber Technique and had reached the Organ Refining Realm 21 |
| Wang Bao | Hall master and Wang Hu’s younger brother; practiced the Ox-Cleaving Saber Technique and was at late Iron Bone 13 21 |
| Chen Biao | Hall master who ran the gang’s brothels; practiced Rolling Stone Fist and was reportedly at early Organ Tempering 21 |
| Pan Chen | Hall master; practiced the Ox-Cleaving Saber Technique and was at mid Iron Bone when Qian Gui described him 21 |
| Cheng Datou | Minor leader under Wang Bao; carried a large saber and commanded five trusted subordinates 9 13 |
| Qian Gui | Minor leader sent to investigate Huang Chao’s disappearance 19 21 |
| Huang Chao | Cheng Datou’s subordinate, sent to collect Lu Chen’s alleged debt 10 |
| Lu San, Lu Si, Teng Jun and Luo Yong | Cheng Datou’s subordinates; village ruffians who threatened Lu Chen’s family 5 9 13 |
After Wang Hu, Wang Bao and Chen Biao were killed, Pan Chen was the only hall master still known to be alive; he had been away inspecting a mine. By Chapter 48, the gang’s sole remaining hall master had become its leader, although that report does not name him 27 48.
Activities and resources
- Gambling and lending: The gang ran gambling dens and lent at high interest. Li Ziren used its lending and gambling businesses to acquire land, leaving families ruined 17 41.
- Brothels: Chen Biao oversaw the gang’s brothels. Competition over brothels and gambling dens caused friction with the Great Whale Gang 18 21.
- Iron mine: Wang Hu believed the gang’s iron mine was the reason rival gangs joined forces against it. Zhou Chu later ordered work at the mine to resume 26 48.
- Trafficking: Cheng Datou and Huang Sangu trafficked women and children on the side. Huang Sangu belonged to the Black Pole Gang, not the Green Bamboo Gang 14 16.
- Cultivation methods: Wang Hu practiced the Ox-Cleaving Saber Technique. The gang’s storeroom also held incomplete methods, including Rolling Stone Fist, Formation-Breaking Spearmanship and Linked Pearl Archery; none had accompanying medicinal formulas 21 27 33.
- Identification: Gang clothing found at Cheng Datou’s house bore green bamboo embroidery. A round green token was engraved with two sections of bamboo, and repaid IOUs carried a gang mark 14 20.
History
Conflict with Lu Chen
Lu San and three other gang members threatened to seize Lu Chen’s house, fields and sister over an alleged debt. All four subsequently died after eating poisonous mushrooms. Cheng Datou then sent Huang Chao to collect the debt, which Li Feng had transferred to the gang; Huang demanded fifteen taels and threatened Lu Chen’s siblings and home 5 7 9 11.
After Huang Chao’s death, Lu Chen targeted Cheng Datou. He overheard Cheng and Huang Sangu discussing their trafficking of women and children, killed them both, and took money, gang items and an Ox-Cleaving Saber Technique manual 12 14.
Gang conflict and collapse
Lu Chen used gang-related evidence and staged attacks to turn Shahu County’s gangs against one another. The Great Whale Gang blamed the Green Bamboo Gang for attacks on its people and businesses, then raided a Green Bamboo gambling den. The Canal Gang also sought to take advantage of its troubles 18 19.
Wang Bao sent Qian Gui to Qingshan Village to investigate Huang Chao’s disappearance. Qian Gui noticed that Lu Chen’s IOU lacked the gang’s repayment mark, but Lu Chen intercepted him and his four men, questioned Qian Gui about the gang, and killed them 19 20 21.
Li Mantun of the Black Pole Gang later ambushed Wang Bao while the Green Bamboo headquarters was under attack. Lu Chen killed fighters from both gangs, then killed Li Mantun and the wounded Wang Bao. At the headquarters, the leaders of the Black Pole, Canal and Great Whale gangs had badly wounded Wang Hu; Chen Biao was also killed in the fighting 23 24 26 27.
Lu Chen visited the dying Wang Hu, who offered information about a complete cultivation method in exchange for destroying the Black Pole Gang. Lu Chen accepted, killed Wang Hu at his request, and emptied the gang’s storeroom of valuables and cultivation books 26 27.
Aftermath
A surviving minor leader considered the gang finished: its leader, Wang Bao and Chen Biao were dead, and its storeroom had been looted. The organization nevertheless remained active under its sole surviving hall master. Zhou Chu of the Flying Eagle Horse Gang later ordered his men to bring the county’s gangs, including the Green Bamboo Gang, under his command 27 48.
Relationships
- Lu Chen — The gang’s threats against his family led him to kill its members and leaders and manipulate rival gangs into conflict 5 14 18 24 27.
- Li Ziren — County commandant and the gang’s backer; Wang Hu maintained ties with him and paid government-office personnel 17 26.
- Black Pole Gang — Huang Sangu dealt with Cheng Datou, but her death brought demands from her son Li Mantun. The Black Pole Gang later joined the attack on the Green Bamboo Gang 14 16 26.
- Great Whale Gang and Canal Gang — Rival county gangs that sought Green Bamboo territory and businesses; their leaders joined the attack on Wang Hu 19 26.
- Flying Eagle Horse Gang — Pressured the Green Bamboo Gang and contacted the Canal and Great Whale gangs to arrange a joint move against it. Wang Hu suspected it wanted the iron mine; Zhou Chu later ordered the mine reopened 14 26 48.